Gas-lighting apparatus.



L. J. BAGHUS.

GAS LIGHTING APPARATUS.

.APrmoA'rIon' mum 001. 2a, 1911.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

avwamtoz .Z, {Ea/c. 1 1 am LUCIUS JAMES BACHUS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GAS-LIGHTING APPARATUS.

Lil-13,190.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N (W. 5, 1912.

Application filed October 26, 1911. Serial No. 656,942.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Lucius J. Bacnus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefi'erson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Lighting Apparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in mechanical gas lighting appliances.

One object of the invention is to provide a gas lighting appliance having an improved construction of sparking mechanism and means for-operating the same.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be simple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, eflicicnt and reliable in operation and which may be readily attached to an ordinary gas burner. 1

A further and important object of the invention is in the provision of a simple, practical and efiicient device of the character described, whereby the abrading wheel employed is adapted to be adjusted in respect to the burner tip.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and the combination and arran cment of parts as will be more fully de-' scri ed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a side view of a gas burner showing the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the appliance removed; Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section of the appliance taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

My improved gas lighting appliance comprises an attaching and supporting bracket which is preferably formed from a metal plate cut to form urner gripping arms 2 which are adapted to be engaged with and embrace a burner and which are clamped into tight engagement therewith by a clamping bolt and nut 3 engaged with the projecting apcrtured-cnds of thearms 2 as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. .Tlieplatc from which the bracket is constructed is also cut to form a supporting lug or member 4 which is bent back in the opposite direction from the arms 2 and into a horizontal position.

In the supporting lug 4 is formed an aperture in which is secured a tubular holder having an enlarged head 5 for the spark )roducing mechanism, said holder having on its upper end a ertured parallel bearing lugs 6 between wliich is revolubly mounted a scratching or abrading wheel or disk 7. The portion of the holder 5 which projects below the supporting lug at is reduced and threaded exteriorly and onto said threaded end is adapted to be screwed an interior-1y threaded socket 8, said socket having formed on its outer side, annular serrated surfaces 9 whereby a firm grip may be obtained on the socket for screwing or adjusting the same on the threaded lower end of the holder.

Arranged in the upper portion of the tubular body of the holder 5 is a spark producing element 10 which may be of any suitable construction and which is preferably in the form of a cylindrical block which fits loosely in the tubular body of the holder. The spark producing element 10 is supportcd in the holder 5 and is forced up and held in yielding engagement with the periphery of the scratching wheel or disk by a coiled spring 11 arranged in the lower portion of the holder, said spring having its lower end engaged with or seated in the socket 8 and its upper end engaged with the lower end of the sparking element as shown. By thus arranging the spring and adjustable socket the tension or pressure of the spring may be regulated to force the sparking element into more or less tight enga ement with the scratching wheel. The spring 11 also serves to move the sparking clement up and to hold the same in operative engagement with the scratching wheel as the sparking element is worn away on its upper side by the repeated action of the scratching wheel. The pcriphery of the scratching wheel 7 is finely and sharply serrated both transversely and circumferentially, thus forming an ellicient and reliable scratching surface and also enabling the surface of the wheel to be firmly ripped or engaged by the thumb or finger or the purpose of revolving the wheel against the spark producing element to form the s )ark for i niting the gas escaping from the tip of the urner.

In the application and operation of the device the bracket 1 is secured to the burner at such distance below the top or discharge opening thereof that the spark will be produced substantially on a line with the upper end of the tip, said spark being thrown torwardly or in a direction toward the dischar e opening in the burner tip by the forcible revolution of the scratching wheel in the opposite direction. By constructing and arranging the scratching wheel as herein shown and described, it will be seen that the wheel serves the double function of a scratching element and as a means for operating the same, or in other words no operating mechanism except the thumb or finger is required for manipulating the scratching wheel.

My improved lighting appliance may be employed in connection with any form of gas burner but is especially designed for and intended to be used in connection with the head lights of motor vehicles burning acetylene or other form of gas whereby the use of'matches for lighting the burners is obviated.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention is readily understood without re- ,quiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the-minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a gas lighting apparatus, a member adapted to be secured to a gas burner and having a laterally extending supporting arm provided with a screw threaded aperture, said arm being adapted to be bent to and from the burner to adjust the upper portion of the device at a proper inclination, a tubular holder havin an exteriorly threaded portion extending t irough said aperture, an enlarged stop head adapted for contact with the supporting arm and having a bifurcated upper nesses.

LUCIUS JAMES BAGl-IUS. 'Witnesses PIERRE VIGI-IIN,- HENRY J. ANGERMEIER.

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